Just as its predecessor, Access Chat Plus also allows instant messaging and voice calling. Globecomm Maritime is offering both versions of the service with customized pricing available when it is bundled with the company’s airtime service contracts.

    
    “Voice and video conferencing applications use a great deal of bandwidth and that makes it very expensive for seafarers. We identified the need for a tool that gives ships the same functionality but keeps cost under control,” said Trevor Whitworth, senior vice president Sales & Marketing at Globecomm Maritime said on a satatement.

    Access Chat and Access Chat Plus are “light” applications in terms of set up and data usage. Both are no more than 1Mb in size and can be installed asily on any Windows or Android device, with an Apple OS version due in by the second quarter of this year.